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  1. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    cherilee replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi all Im so glad I found this thread. I KNOW I am suffering from ADD. I am having difficulties in work. I had a lot of problems in my last job. My preceptor said everyone thinks I am not paying...

  2. organization?

    cherilee posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi everyone, Im not sure what direction Im taking but I am lookin at HH. Im wondering, everyone says you need great organizational skills. Are they referring to the paperwork? Im not a super...

  3. re : ready or not

    cherilee posted a topic in Home Health

    When you say "shift work" does that mean 1 client per shift?? or does it mean 8 hours a day, you have x amount of clients? Also, do these agencies train in skills you DONT have? For ex. Ive never...

  4. ready or not?

    cherilee posted a topic in Home Health

    ;)Ok so I spoke with an HR recruiter for a certain HH agency today. By the time I got off the phone, I was thinking maybe I need more experience? She told me there was alot of wound care, "severe...

  5. Lost job after 6 months

    cherilee replied to pamc217's topic in Nursing Career

    A similar thing happened to me, it was a tough experience.. I too filed for unemployment recently, as I m not sure where my next paycheck is coming from.. not so ludicrous! Anyway, It certainly has...

  6. ready or not?

    cherilee posted a topic in Home Health

    Ok so I spoke with an HR recruiter for a certain HH agency today. By the time I got off the phone, I was thinking maybe I need more experience? She told me there was alot of wound care, "severe wound...

  7. ?? re wound vac

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    forgive me but.. if its packed sterile, doesnt the whole thing have to STAY sterile? I mean, if you have regular gloves on and then you touch something, then touch the dressing, wouldnt that...

  8. aspiring HH nurse here..

    cherilee posted a topic in Home Health

    Im considering HH care, and wondering: If you are a full time employee of an agency doing shifts, are you automatically a case manager? Also, what are the most important things you look for in a...

  9. IV heparin question

    cherilee posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    when infusing heparin, how do you determine which port you will infuse it in.. when you have a central line? And can you infuse heparin only through one line? One more iv question, today I had...

  10. difference between IV catheters?

    cherilee posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hi . can anyone tell me what the difference between a mid line, a long line and a central line is? I know a central line Is in the vena cava, but where do these mid lines end? is a long line a...

  11. what happens when terminated?

    cherilee posted a topic in Nursing Career

    what happens when you are terminated from a nursing position/ Does it show up on "file" somewhere? Do you have to tell prospective employers about it?? anyone know? Thanks in

  12. Performance Appraisal

    cherilee replied to Nicky30's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As long as you are performing your job correctly and asking questions when you don't know, You are doing what you are supposed to be doing. What were the comments on how you perform the job? I have...

  13. all done with this place!

    cherilee posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have had it with this job. I have had nothing but a huge negative experience. I worked for a year without any major problems. Then I left where I was to go to a LTC acute facility,and wound up with...

  14. advice needed ..

    cherilee posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I posted a thread earlier regarding my new job... I had been working for a small community hospital for nine months and just switched to LTAC a cardiac pulmonary complex medical unit. The comfort...

  15. advice needed ..

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    from day one, we got off on the wrong foot. They thought I should have had more skills for someone with a year in. Granted I was nervous the first week and different equipment had me clumsy and...

  16. advice needed ..

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i have been orientating four weeks. ive been trying to work through my anxiety with the preceptor. everyone on the floor seems to have the same impression of me. I wonder if I should hang this up...

  17. Please... what is going on??? objective opinions needed

    cherilee posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    SO I started a new job two weeks ago, in a long term acute setting. first week, lots of confusion, but did what I could , paid attention and followed preceptor. second week, Im taking two pts., giving...

  18. Please... what is going on??? objective opinions needed

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thank you for your suggestions, Ill take them

  19. Please... what is going on??? objective opinions needed

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is what transpired today I was given two patients. I independently documented, gave meds, processed orders gave report to interdisc. team.\ the preceptor was nice to me all day , explaining...

  20. Please... what is going on??? objective opinions needed

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks for the responses, they are appreciated. If I go to the manager, And tell her things that are said to me, I just feel like Ill make more enemies... And look bad for pointing fingers at other...

  21. IV heparin question

    cherilee replied to cherilee's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    thanks so much for your reply. so with any central line, double or triple lumen, they are seperate right up until where the line ends... correct? do they all end up in the vena cava? If not, what...

  22. Test your central line knowledge! and help me..

    cherilee posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    when flushing a central line, do you use a seperate syringe for blood return check? or can you use a saline syringe flush? In a central line, how is the heparin port determined? is it by color? What...

  23. am i going backwards?

    cherilee posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am a nurse who graduated a year ago and have been doing med surg for a year. However, working evenings was hard on me and my child. I was offered a day position in a long term acute care hospital...

  24. constructive criticism?

    cherilee posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all Ive been doing med surg for seven months. Small community hospital. yesterday I asked a coworker how I was coming along... She said "you need to work on your organizational skills, your...

  25. Anyone still feel insecure after 1 year??

    cherilee replied to Windshadow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes. Im about eight months anyway. I have a similar situation, I work in a small city hospital. I have four to six pts on evening shifts. I f I am pulled in different directions from when I first get...